Finnish
How many people are native Finnish speakers?
About 5 million people speak Finnish natively, most of whom live in Finland and in parts of Sweden.
How many people speak Finnish in the world?
Around 5.5 million people speak Finnish. Those who speak Finnish as a second language are part of significant minorities in Estonia, Russia, Norway, and Brazil.
Origins of Finnish
Of the Uralic languages, Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language that has the same roots as Estonian but is entirely different to other neighbouring languages such as Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish.
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